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VEON is a Nasdaq-listed global digital operator that serves more than 150 million customers with connectivity and about 120 million monthly active users with digital services in some of the world’s most exciting frontier markets. Operating across 5 countries that are home to nearly 520 million people, in other words more than 6% of the world’s population, VEON transforms lives through technology-driven services that empower individuals and drive economic growth.
With VEON’s Digital Operator 1440 vision and strategy, VEON Group companies redefine the engagement that telecom operators have with their customers, providing the best digital experience to customers up to 1440 minutes in a day. We transform not only the daily experience of the final users, but also support the growth of enterprises and industries as a whole, using cutting-edge technologies in AI, big-data and cloud services to serve our business customers.
This is all underpinned by a commitment to sustainability, ensuring VEON’s operations are run safely and ethically while fostering digital entrepreneurship and greater digital skills and literacy in the communities in which VEON operates. VEON’s values-based approach works to strengthen trust by building a responsible and sustainable business that benefits customers, employees, communities, and shareholders.
VEON’s international leadership team is drawn from experienced executives from around the world and has been led by CEO Kaan Terzioğlu since July 2021.
Position Summary: The Director M&A will support the M&A activity for VEON Group, focusing on key areas and potential digital verticals i.e. Fin-Tech, Digital Banking, Entertainment, Health Tech and Ride Hailing etc. and lead end to end transactions for the Group.
This will include the strategic analysis, identification and execution of a wide range of complex international transactions including acquisitions, divestitures, mergers and will take the lead on selective M&A activity within the operating companies.
This role, reporting directly to Chief Investment Officer VEON Group, will play a key role in reshaping VEON as it delivers its digital growth journey.
The Director M&A will be seen as a highly credible voice and representative of the company and as such be able to influence, persuade and shape perceptions and understanding of the VEON business, which in turn creates a relationships and an operating environment that allows the business to successfully achieve its strategic objectives and desired performance.
The Director of M&A will be part of a focused team that will develop and deliver a clear and comprehensive plan that will support the execution of the Group DO1440 and AI1440 strategy and the M&A activity with equity investors. The Director M&A will partner with both business leaders and functional leaders and all internal and external stakeholders to bring their plans to life.
In contributing to the strategy and subsequently implementing it, The Director M&A will harness the functional expertise that currently exists within the Group, empowering the function, providing leaders with a framework to operate both globally and locally in market.
Organisational savviness, an international mindset and experience working in a multi-jurisdictional emerging market matrix environment is essential.
The Director of M&A will demonstrate a deep understanding of the unique challenges the telecommunications and digital technology industries face and be able to quickly build mutually beneficial relationships with stakeholders, both external and internal.
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